Julen Iturbe commits to American
I am convinced he will be a good player & could have been a Krutwig-type in the MVC- not necessarily claiming he'd be that consistently dominant.
Had Iturbe committed to Bradley, he'd have immediately gotten a nice writeup by the PJStar, and our local social media would have
been buzzing. But oddly, even tho he commits to a school in a city (DC) that has more media coverage than anywhere else in the world,
there isn't a single mention, let alone a story about him.
Then I tried to see if there's much discussion on their social media... and guess what? They basically don't have any.- and there's only a couple mentions
on the message board that serves their entire conference and not any particular team.
Then I checked to see if American University even has a basketball twitter account - they do not.
So I checked a few other places, FB, IG, etc... and AU's women's basketball has a Facebook page that's fairly active, but NOTHING for men's BKB.
They only draw 900-1000 per home game, so I am guessing he had little interest in exposure or NIL and just wanted to play closer to home.
I am convinced he will be a good player & could have been a Krutwig-type in the MVC- not necessarily claiming he'd be that consistently dominant.
Had Iturbe committed to Bradley, he'd have immediately gotten a nice writeup by the PJStar, and our local social media would have
been buzzing. But oddly, even tho he commits to a school in a city (DC) that has more media coverage than anywhere else in the world,
there isn't a single mention, let alone a story about him.
Then I tried to see if there's much discussion on their social media... and guess what? They basically don't have any.- and there's only a couple mentions
on the message board that serves their entire conference and not any particular team.
Then I checked to see if American University even has a basketball twitter account - they do not.
So I checked a few other places, FB, IG, etc... and AU's women's basketball has a Facebook page that's fairly active, but NOTHING for men's BKB.
They only draw 900-1000 per home game, so I am guessing he had little interest in exposure or NIL and just wanted to play closer to home.
Brant Byers just finished an official visit to Bradley. He visited Miami (OH) and Marshall earlier this month.
He attends The Newman School in Boston, and is originally from Chambersburg, Pennsylvania-
https://twitter.com/BrantByers5/status/1706841791159255504
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Tim Franks offered 6/22/23 has committed to St. Francis.
https://www.verbalcommits.com/players/tim-franks
One time Bradley recruit Jaheem Webber is visiting Wright State this weekend
I expect Webber to commit to Wight State soon.
For fans concerned that Bradley is "losing" recruits to other schools, I don't think there is any cause for concern. None of the recruits that Bradley had a realistic chance at are immediate All-MVC types (we never had a realistic chance at Lathan Sommerville, Cooper Koch, etc.).
Bradley is still involved with a number of great prospects, and I expect our coaches to land a few. This past year, we have seen more Bradley offers being extended than in any previous season under Coach Wardle. And when coaches increase their offers, especially to kids who are not from our time zone, we're going to see more of them choose other decent mid-major schools closer to their homes.
Bradley offers another player from Iceland-
2024 Robert Sean Birmingham- a 6'7", 18 year old, left-handed shooting guard/small forward. He is currently in North Carolina attending Carmel Christian HS in Matthews, NC and he is playing with the Team Curry program this summer.
https://phenomhoopreport.com/2024-se...s-recruitment/
https://twitter.com/BigShotsGlobal/s...33106961989635
https://twitter.com/SeanB1rmingham/s...18440166916097
https://twitter.com/MasercolaMiles/s...67846066626560
https://twitter.com/CoachCRoth/statu...07377603416074
Video- https://twitter.com/PhenomMixtapes/s...35908383236099
He plays on Iceland's U18 National Team, but was limited last year due to an injury, and he played for a club team in Spain last summer.
https://scoutbasketball.com/player/R...ean-Birmingham
https://twitter.com/CBB_Europe/statu...56303690932224
Stats- https://basketball.eurobasket.com/pl...mingham/553529
https://www.fiba.basketball/europe/u...ert-Birmingham